Background
Strom, Richard Gordon was born on March 21, 1944 in New York City. Son of Gordon Haakon and Eleanor Constance (Olson) Strom. arrived in The Netherlands, 1970.
Strom, Richard Gordon was born on March 21, 1944 in New York City. Son of Gordon Haakon and Eleanor Constance (Olson) Strom. arrived in The Netherlands, 1970.
Bachelor, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1965. Master of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1967. Master of Science, Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy, Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1972.
Research assistant physics, Tufts U., Medford, 1965;
research fellow, Dalhousie U., Halifax, 1966-1967;
research assistant, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory, Jodrell Bank, England, 1968-1970;
research scientist, Leiden (The Netherlands) U. Observatory, 1970-1973;
research scientist computer group, Netherlands Foundation Research Astronomy, Leiden, 1973-1975;
research astronomer, Netherlands Foundation Research Astronomy, Dwingeloo, 1975-1980;
senior research astronomer, Netherlands Foundation Research Astronomy, Dwingeloo, since 1980;
professor astronomy, U. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1996. Member Panel for Allocation of Telescope Time, Swindon, England, 1988-1990, ASTRON Raad van Advies, Dwingeloo, 1992-1995. Secretary National Work Group, Galaxies, 1981-1983.
Member European Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network Program Committee, since 1995. Member Italian/Dutch X-ray Astronomy Satellite Progressive Comm., since 1995.
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Member International Astronomical Union (Commission 40 science organization committee 1982-1988), Sigma Xi.
Married Christina Solomonidou, August 31, 1967. Children: Christopher, Isolda.